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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

An African Childhood

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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

By: Alexandra Fuller
Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
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 Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe. The daughter of hardworking, yet strikingly unconventional English-bred immigrants, Alexandra arrives in Africa at the tender age of two. She moves through life with a hardy resilience, even as a bloody war approaches. Narrator Lisette Lecat reads this remarkable memoir of a family clinging to a harsh landscape and the dying tenets of colonialism.©2001 Alexandra Fuller (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC Africa Art & Literature Authors Cultural & Regional Education Higher & Continuing Education Historical

Critic Reviews

  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award Winner, Adult Non-Fiction, 2003

"A classic is born in this tender, intensely moving and even delightful journey through a white African girl's childhood." (Publishers Weekly)
"This was no ordinary childhood, and it makes a riveting story thanks to an extraordinary telling." (School Library Journal)
"In this powerful debut, Fuller fully succeeds in memorializing the beauty of each desert puddle and each African summer night sky while also recognizing that beauty can lie hidden in the faces of those who have crossed her path. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)
"An honest, moving portrait of one family struggling to survive tumultuous times." (Booklist)
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Brought back so many wonderful memories of my childhood and life in Africa where my heart remains so deeply seated. thank you for the story.

Wonderful

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Want to start this again - so real, exquisite descriptions - feel like I’ve been on a trip to Africa.

Beautiful

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An honest look at living in Africa. The narrator does an excellent job. Give yourself time to get settled into the book, it's worth it!

A walk down memory lane

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I loved this book and I think anyone with any history in Africa will too. It's not my story but every part of it was familiar in some way and took me back to very different times.

rich language, perfect narration

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